Through support of the HTML5 standard, Oracle Secure Global Desktop 5.0 allows tablet users to access enterprise applications with just a Web browser, allowing them to easily use their own devices for work.

Simple mobile access: Users can login to the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 5.0 sessions and access all of their applications and data using the built-in mobile Safari web browser on iPad and iPad mini, without the need to establish a cumbersome VPN connection. Support for HTML5 enables a rich, browser-based user interface that provides simple, intuitive gestures and navigation, as well as extended keyboard capabilities, without the need for downloading or maintaining separate client applications.

Full user productivity: For maximum productivity, copy and paste to and from applications, printing, and automatic session resizing, when rotating the iPad is supported.

Extended session mobility: Extends the session pause and resume feature to the iPad, allowing users to pick up their workspace right where they left off, even when moving from one client device to another.

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"Enterprise users expect increasingly more mobile access to applications which are often designed to run on desktop PCs. Oracle Secure Global Desktop provides IT with a highly secure remote access solution for such applications, and even full desktop environments, from tablets,” said Wim Coekaerts, senior vice president, Linux and Virtualization Engineering.

“Oracle provides the world’s best foundation for applications with Oracle’s Exalogic Elastic Cloud engineered system. Oracle’s customers deploying Oracle Applications within the Exalogic Elastic Cloud engineered system can now use Oracle Secure Global Desktop as a certified solution to extend the reach of Oracle Applications to tablet devices such as the iPad while at the same time attaining improved security,” said Mohamad Afshar, vice president, Product Management, Oracle.

“Oracle provides the world's most complete customer relationship management solution with Oracle CRM. When combined with Oracle Secure Global Desktop 5.0, customers now have the option to access Oracle CRM on the go. The Web-based Oracle CRM application is hosted in the data center and rendered accurately over the network on the iPad, increasing speed and ensuring that no local data is stored on the device, which increases security,” said George Jacob, group vice president, CRM Applications.